Manuela Caicedo
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Liquidity
1/10
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Institutional
4/10
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Momentum
5/10
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Discovery
2/10
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Risk
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Market Position
- Price Range
- Note
- Primary market only — no public pricing available. Contact Galeria Belard (Lisbon) for current pricing. Work includes large-scale oil paintings (e.g., 48.125 x 60 inches) and drawing-based works.
- Historical
- No secondary market price history
- Current Estimate
- Typical emerging NYAA MFA Chubb Fellow range: est. $2,000–$15,000 USD for works on paper/smaller canvases; $8,000–$30,000 for larger canvases (estimated based on peer comparables at similar stage)
- Collector Base
- Emerging — collectors likely include institutional buyers in Colombia, Portugal/Europe, and New York emerging art circles; Chubb/NYAA network collectors
- Market Segment
- Emerging figurative/interdisciplinary painting; Latin American contemporary art market (growing collector interest in Colombian artists)
- Primary Market
- Gallery
- Galeria Belard
- Location
- Rua Rodrigo da Fonseca, 1, Lisbon, Portugal
- Pricing Note
- Contact gallery for current pricing; prices not publicly disclosed
- Auction History
- No public auction records found in any major database (Christie's, Sotheby's, Phillips, Artnet, Artprice). Artist is in the first year post-MFA (2024) with primary market activity only.
- Market Liquidity
- Market Depth
- Very thin; gallery-controlled primary market
- Sell Through Rate
- Unknown — primary market only
- Annual Trading Volume
- Not applicable — no secondary market
- Peer Comparables
- Other recent NYAA Chubb Fellows at early-career stage who gained gallery representation; Colombian emerging artists entering international circuits (ARTBO exposure)
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- Investment Outlook
- Very early stage. Key catalysts for appreciation: (1) active Chubb Fellowship year 2025, (2) ARTBO Salas exposure in Colombia's primary art fair, (3) placement alongside blue-chip artists at Green Family Art Foundation, (4) Elizabeth Greenshields Grant prestige. No secondary market yet established — pure primary market acquisition opportunity. Price history will begin forming as fellowship year concludes and gallery sales expand.
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Institutional Presence
- Exhibitions
Title Year Venue Location Significance Type NYAA Chubb Fellows and Friends — Green Family Art Foundation Dallas, Texas, USA Featured alongside Cecily Brown, Jenny Saville, Tracey Emin, Eric Fischl, Dana Schutz, Amy Sherald, Tschabalala Self, and other blue-chip artists; covered by Glasstire Group exhibition 2025 Chubb Fellows Exhibition 2025 New York Academy of Art New York, USA — Institutional solo/group exhibition ARTBO Salas 2025 ARTBO (Feria Internacional de Arte de Bogotá) Bogotá, Colombia Colombia's premier international art fair Art fair presentation Art Basel Miami Beach — Chubb Lounge 2024 Miami Beach Convention Center Miami Beach, Florida, USA — Art fair group presentation Group exhibitions in New York, Bogotá, and internationally — — — — — - Residencies
- Year
- 2024
- Season
- Summer
- Program
- Artist Residency — University of Notre Dame Global Centre at Kylemore
- Location
- Kylemore Abbey, County Galway, Ireland
- Partners
- Jointly operated by Notre Dame, NYAA, and Interface Studio
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- Awards Fellowships
Institution Year Significance Award New York Academy of Art / Chubb Insurance 2025 Highest honor NYAA can bestow on graduates; includes studio accommodations, exhibition opportunities, stipend, and teaching assistant role Chubb Post-Graduate Fellowship Elizabeth Greenshields Foundation During MFA (pre-2024) One of the most prestigious grants for emerging representational artists worldwide; CAD $15,000–$18,000 per grant; supports painting, sculpture, printmaking, drawing Elizabeth Greenshields Grant New York Academy of Art 2024 Institutional recognition of academic excellence at NYAA Academy Scholar Award La Pontificia Universidad Javeriana 2022 Top thesis distinction for debut interdisciplinary film Meritorious Thesis Award - Biennial Triennial
- No confirmed biennial/triennial participation documented to date
- Museum Collections
- No confirmed public museum acquisitions to date. Artist is in the first year post-MFA. Museum acquisition potential supported by institutional exhibition history.
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Career & Biography
- Identity
- Gender
- Female
- Full Name
- Manuela Caicedo
- Birth Year
- 1993
- Birth Place
- Bogotá, Colombia
- Nationality
- Colombian
- Also Listed As
- Manuela Caicedo Anaya
- Current Location
- New York, USA
- Education
Institution Location Degree Graduation Year Honors La Pontificia Universidad Javeriana Bogotá, Colombia Visual Arts (undergraduate) 2022 Meritorious Thesis Award for debut interdisciplinary film New York Academy of Art (NYAA) New York, USA MFA in Painting 2024 Elizabeth Greenshields Grant, Academy Scholar Award - Debut Work
- Year
- 2022
- Title
- Les dejé fresas en mi bolsillo mientras llega el día en que se apaguen los soles
- Medium
- Film incorporating painting, drawing, and performance
- Translation
- I Left Strawberries in My Pocket Until the Day the Suns Go Out
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- Background Note
- Also holds training as an Industrial Designer, noted on professional profile
- Career Timeline
Year Milestone 2022 Graduated from La Pontificia Universidad Javeriana with meritorious thesis for debut film blending painting, drawing, and performance 2024 Completed MFA in Painting, New York Academy of Art; participated in artist residency at University of Notre Dame Global Centre, Kylemore, Ireland (summer) 2024 Featured as Chubb Fellow (upcoming) at Art Basel Miami Beach (Chubb Lounge) 2025 Awarded 2025 Chubb Fellowship — highest honor at NYAA; work featured at ARTBO Salas, Colombia 2025 Included in major group exhibition 'NYAA Chubb Fellows and Friends' at Green Family Art Foundation, Dallas (Oct–Dec 2025), covered by Glasstire - Debut Work Meta
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- Studio Location
- New York, USA
- Influences Context
- Colombian Tropical Gothic tradition (Cine de Cali, magical realism)Figurative art lineage (NYAA figurative tradition)Poetic and literary traditions (visual poetry)Performance and interdisciplinary art practice
- Artistic Philosophy
- Work explores the relationship between observation and imagination as a response to the 'invented world' humans have constructed. Employs concept of 'animal furioso' — a fierce inner creative force — and seeks the 'back of God,' a metaphor for finding deeper truths beyond the obvious. Themes include tenderness, resistance, cultural identity, and the politics of observation.
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Artistic Profile
- Known Works
Title Year Context Medium Mythological Hug 2023 Featured in NYAA Chubb Fellowship documentation Oil and pumice stone on canvas Les dejé fresas en mi bolsillo mientras llega el día en que se apaguen los soles 2022 Meritorious thesis work, La Pontificia Universidad Javeriana Film, painting, drawing, performance (interdisciplinary) - Known Series
- Title
- Theater of Death
- Status
- Active/ongoing as of 2025
- Description
- Ongoing series; poetic evocation of decay, ritual, and rebirth. Features fire-born dragonas emerging from tropical gothic mists. Viewer suspended between paradise and exile.
- Primary Themes
- Visual poetry and imagination as political/spiritual actDecay, ritual, and rebirthTropical gothic mythology (fire-born creatures, 'dragonas')Cultural identity and Colombian heritageTenderness and resistanceThe 'invented world' vs. nature and lifeThe 'politics of observation'
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- Stylistic Evolution
- Currently in earliest stage of post-graduate career development; evolution from film/performance thesis (2022) to painting-led practice (MFA 2024) to 'Theater of Death' mythological series (2025) suggests deepening focus on mythological figuration rooted in Colombian cultural identity
- Mediums and Materials
- Oil and pumice stone on canvas (signature technique — textured surface)Drawing (large-scale)Performance and installationFilm/video (debut work 2022)Poetic language incorporated into practice
- Movement Associations
- New Figuration (per Galeria Belard's curatorial focus)Latin American Contemporary ArtColombian Tropical Gothic aesthetic traditionInterdisciplinary / Post-medium practice
- Art Historical Lineage
- Places herself in a tradition of Colombian and Latin American artists exploring the boundary between the real and the mythological (Colombian Tropical Gothic, Magical Realism); NYAA figurative lineage connects her institutionally to painters like Cecily Brown, Jenny Saville
- Artist Statement Excerpt
- 'I seek to unearth what is hidden beneath the surface, softening rigid ideas and questioning what we have accepted as true... This search is inspired by the concept of looking for the back of God, a metaphor for finding deeper truths beyond the obvious and for examining the reverse of things.'
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- Style and Visual Language
- Interdisciplinary figurative practice blending large-scale oil painting, drawing, and performance. Work is characterized by poetic, dreamlike imagery drawing on Colombian tropical gothic — lush, mythological, darkly luminous. Combines representational figuration with symbolic and surrealist elements. Dense with layered textures (uses pumice stone mixed with oil paint).
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Critical Reception
- Publications
- No monographs or major catalogue publications yet; represented on Artsy and Galeria Belard websites
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- Critical Reception
- Summary
- Very early-career artist with growing critical visibility. Primary coverage from institutional art media (NYAA, Glasstire) rather than major art journals at this stage (expected given 2024 MFA graduation).
- Artforum Review
- No Artforum reviews found — expected at this career stage
- Notable Coverage
- Date
- December 3, 2025
- Article
- Five-Minute Tours: 'NYAA Chubb Fellows and Friends' at the Green Family Art Foundation, Dallas
- Context
- Caicedo's work featured in group show reviewed/covered by leading Texas contemporary art publication
- Publication
- Glasstire
- Scholarly Attention
- No published academic papers or catalogues raisonnés yet — consistent with first year post-MFA
- Press Release Language
- NYAA 2025 Chubb Fellows press release describes her 'Theater of Death' series as 'a poetic evocation of decay, ritual, and rebirth—where fire-born dragonas emerge from tropical gothic mists, and the viewer is left suspended in a dream between paradise and exile.'
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- Institutional Statements
- NYAA Chubb Fellows and Friends exhibition statement: 'NYAA has supported generations of figurative artists, fostering deep bonds between students, professors, visiting critics, and scholars' — places Caicedo in direct lineage with major figurative painters
- Positioning in Discourse
- Positioned within: (1) Latin American contemporary art and Colombian Tropical Gothic aesthetic tradition; (2) NYAA figurative art lineage (same institutional network as Cecily Brown, Jenny Saville, Eric Fischl); (3) Emerging generation of artists exploring cultural identity and visual poetry
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Gallery & Representation
- Artsy Profile
- https://www.artsy.net/artist/manuela-caicedo
- Gallery History
- No prior gallery representation documented before Galeria Belard
- Geographic Reach
- New York (NYAA network), Lisbon (Galeria Belard), Colombia (ARTBO), Ireland (residency), Dallas (Green Family Art Foundation)
- Art Fair Presence
Year Context Fair 2024 Chubb Lounge presentation at Miami Beach Convention Center Art Basel Miami Beach 2025 ARTBO Salas — Colombia's premier international art fair ARTBO (Feria Internacional de Arte de Bogotá) - Artsy Profile Meta
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- Primary Representation
- Tier
- Emerging/Regional Tier 3
- Gallery
- Galeria Belard
- Location
- Rua Rodrigo da Fonseca, 1, Lisbon, Portugal
- Gallery Focus
- Contemporary art with strong emphasis on New Figuration; painting, sculpture, drawing, photography; international roster
- Noted Context
- Galeria Belard is a relatively young gallery (celebrating its first year of existence per recent announcement) with an international curatorial stance
- Artsy Presence
- Yes — gallery listed on Artsy
- Secondary Representation
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- No established secondary market representation found. Work shown at NYAA gallery space during fellowship.
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